Automatically merging PDF files based on conditions

Hello
I need to be able to setup a job with some basic parameters to automatically merge multiple PDF’s.
For the following group of files:
1_a.pdf
1_b.pdf
2_a.pdf
2_b.pdf
3_a.pdf
3_b.pdf
I need to be able to append the pages in the "_b" files to the start of the "_a" files using the number at the start as the match identifier.
I think the safest method would be to output a new "_c" file and maintain the original files.
I can see functionality to manually do this or merge a group of files into 1 but I need to automate this to deal with larger volumes.
Do I need additional software? Any suggestions on how to do this?
Appreciate any help.
Cheers

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In some cases that I can envision, it'd be entirely possible that the data you're after is actually located in an embedded image and not in text that can be parsed.
The best approach is to get folks to send you JSON or XML or some other format intended for interchange, and avoid the whole mess that is parsing or mining a printer-oriented format.
The other obvious option is to use something like Amazon's Mechanical Turk or some other explicitly outsourced help. Depending on how often the formats change and how many of these PDF files you're dealing with and how varied the formats are, sometimes throwing staff at the problem can be the most cost-effective approach.

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